Plants and Trees - Small Shrubs
About Small Shrubs
Overview
Flowers, shrubs and trees are wonders of nature. They each offer their very own individual characteristics and they define their place in a garden. Shrubs are used in residential landscaped gardens for a variety of different reasons including practical and ornamental purposes. Flowers will keep the garden looking pretty, colorful and fresh during the spring and summer months of the year. Both evergreen and flowering shrub will keep the garden landscape looking green, fresh and colorful. During the foliage seasons shrubs will offer gorgeous earthy tones of color. There is a great selection of shrubs, flowers and trees which are suitable for small garden areas. These small shrubs can help to create focal points in the garden space of your property. Small shrubs are easy to plant and work with. They can be pruned to all sorts of shapes and sizes or they can be left growing wildly. This is very beneficial to the overall design of your residential or commercial landscape.
Topiary Using Small Shrubs
Topiary is defined as the pruning of small or large shrubs to create all different shapes, designs and themes. Topiary is very popular amongst homeowners who grow small or large shrubs. A shrub plant is generally the best species of plant to implement topiary into because of its thriving growth patterns and thick bushy leaves and multiple stems. Smaller shrubs can be pruned in a great deal of designs, shapes and sizes. Residential property numbering can be pruned into small shrubs in the gardens at the front of the home. Homeowners can choose to plant new small shrubs near the mail box and prune them into numbering or they can use topiary numbering on their existing shrubs. Professional topiary artists or gardeners with experience in this sort of field can be consulted by homeowners to transfer their landscaping shrubs into beautifully designed natural works of art.
Small Shrub Focal Points
Creating focal points on a property can be a difficult task as there is a lot of open space to cover outdoors. Simple focal points can be created by planting small shrubs along walkways. This will enhance the material of flooring used on the walkway and the small shrubs will attract a lot of attention and define the walkway space. Small shrubs can be planted beside the front door on either side of the door to create a focal point at the front of the home. Planting large shrubs in the back or front yard and surroundings can help blend in the garden and create a focal point being the larger shrub. By using garden ornaments with these designs you will create a delightful and enhancing garden setting.
Top Ten Small Shrubs
- Dogwood
- Deutzia
- Boxwood
- Laurel
- Flowering Quince
- Euonymus
- Honeysuckle
- Hibiscus
- Weigela Rosea
- Azaleas
Small Shrub Maintenance
Small growing shrubs require very little maintenance and care to ensure they thrive and grow healthily. They do require greater care and maintenance during the winter and autumn months because of their small size. Evergreen small shrubs during this time survive fine because of their thick leaves but small shrubs which flower sometimes need more attention. There is a wide range of winter fertilizers, protection and nutrients which are available to assist with the growth of small shrubs during this damping time of the year.
